Crash, chase and arrests follow Alexandria traffic stop

2:36 PM,
Nov. 18, 2013

Fredrick Lockett

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Town Talk staff

A traffic stop became a chase Thursday after a passenger hopped into the driver's seat and took off in Alexandria, according to a release.

An Alexandria police officer had pulled over a vehicle driven by Herman Wilson Jr., 62, of Alexandria, because Wilson was driving left of center at the Broadway Avenue and 9th Street intersection, according to the department's release.

While the officer was conducting an interview with the driver, the vehicle's passenger got into the driver's seat and drove away. The vehicle, now driven by 43-year-old Fredrick Lockett of Alexandria, hit a ...